Brooks Stevens Inc. (BSI), Allenton, has hired Mike Hopkins as managing director of launchpad and director of product development. Launchpad is BSI’s new initiative structured to help smaller high growth companies and startups with their product development needs.
Hopkins brings a unique combination of experience to BSI, from working in product development at Harley-Davidson Motor Company for 16 years, to starting his own product development company Make Stuff Happen. In between, he worked for number of startups, including Schoolrunner. His end-to-end product development perspective comes from experience serving as an engineer, project leader, program and product manager, and entrepreneur across a variety of industries including transportation, consumer goods, software (SaaS), edtech, healthtech and professional services.
Hopkins has a master’s in product design and development management from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering. He is co-director of Startup Grind’s Milwaukee chapter and also serves as a mentor for mHUB in Chicago. He lives in Pewaukee with his wife and four kids.
Company:
Brooks Stevens, Inc.
